China News Service, September 29. Beijing time on the 29th, the ITTF updated the list of entries for this season's table tennis singles World Cup and the year-end finals. National table tennis world champion Liu Shiwen withdrew from the tournament for two consecutive sessions.

　　Among the national table tennis players, Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling will compete in the World Cup women's singles.

For the men's team, Ma Long and Fan Zhendong participated in the men's table tennis World Cup competition, and the German star Boll retired.

　　This year's ITTF has set the time for the three competitions.

Among them, the Women’s Singles World Cup will be held on November 8-10, the Men’s Singles World Cup will be held on November 13-15, and the ITTF Finals will be held on November 19-22.

　　There will be 21 male and female athletes participating in the Men’s and Women’s World Cup events, including current world champions, players who have advanced from various finished intercontinental events (African, European and Pan-American), and other intercontinental players (Asia and Oceania) who have passed the world rankings. And other athletes who qualify through the World Cup format.

　　The list of Asian athletes is based on the original list of Asian Cup participants.

The quotas of athletes who were unable to participate in the event have also been replaced by other alternate athletes.

Each association can have up to 2 male athletes and 2 female athletes participating in the World Cup.

　　The World Cup usually consists of 20 athletes, but this year due to the registration period for athletes, changes to the competition conditions, and last-minute changes in some league schedules, the ITTF Executive Committee has decided to provide greater flexibility in the competition process. , Increasing the quota for each event to 21.

　　At the same time, the world's top 16 male athletes and the world's top 16 female athletes will compete for the men's and women's singles championship in the ITTF finals. The tournament will limit each association to send a maximum of 4 players to participate, ensuring that they come from all over the world. Of star players participated.

　　In view of the current special period of the new crown epidemic, the list may still be changed according to uncertain future conditions.

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2020 ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Participants List